Walmart reported its ad business grew 27% year over year in 2024, reaching $4.4 billion.   Walmart Inc.’s advertising business is helping grow the retailer’s operating income faster than its sales.   The mass merchant reported its total sales grew 4% in 2024, while its operating income increased more than 8%.  “The way we’ve designed […]

Kendra Scott’s analytics team delivered 20 impactful tests in 2024 that drove millions in incremental revenue for the brand. The VP of digital shares how. A better customer experience can add millions in incremental revenue to a retailer’s bottom line. Just ask Kamanasish Kundu, vice president and head of digital and ecommerce at Kendra Scott.  […]

Event marketers were among some of the earliest adopters of AI but the scope was initially limited to back of house functions like developing creative concepts, streamlining operational processes and generating RFP responses. Flash forward to today and AI has come fully front of house as a consumer engagement technology that’s changing the way events […]

When it comes to data collection, the ad tech industry has long had a hoarder mentality. Gather up as much data as you can from as many sources as possible, store it indefinitely, and if you’re not quite sure what to do with it now, hey, you can always just figure out that part later. […]

DOGE reportedly pulled financial, employment, and tax data from multiple agencies without public disclosure—privileges no business or federal agency would be allowed. Its unchecked access to personal data is under legal fire, facing lawsuits from privacy advocates and state attorneys general. Will the courts or Congress step in?

Why is data the engine that drives the consumer experience? Fariba Zamaniyan, Global VP of Data Monetization at TiVo, weighs in. In your role, you work with the full media ecosystem, from buyers and sellers to the tech platforms that power the pipes. How do each of these players uses data differently or are they […]

Wonder Project’s upcoming biblical drama series, House of David, will premiere February 27 on Prime Video.  Justin Rosenblatt, Wonder Project’s Head of Global Television, talks about the value of faith programming – in more ways than one. Would you say faith is a genre of programming? No, I would think about it differently. Faith is a […]

It wasn’t too long ago that social media influencers weren’t even considered media at trade shows and had a hard time getting press passes. Now its crucial to connect influencers and exhibitors, and the National Hardware Show, taking place March 18-19 in Las Vegas, is doing exactly that with its new NHS Influencer Summit. Building […]

“Last night was… not exactly legal,” read a sticker placed on the mirrors in bathrooms at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center during SuperZoo 2024. Trippy images from a wild night on the town, such as dogs getting chased by a police car down the Las Vegas Strip along with portraits of the team members as […]

In honor of Black History Month and PRSA’s confirmed commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, our contributing writer looks at how PR professionals can safeguard DEI communications in a divisive political environment.